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THE CAPTAIN'S BEST MATE: THE JOURNAL OF MARY CHIPMAN LAWRENCE
Published by BROWN UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1966
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG/G (PRICE CLIPPED) DJ; 1ST EDITION; THE JOURNAL OF MARY CHIPMAN LAWRENCE ON THE WHALER ADDISON, 1856 - 1860 "IN NOVEMBER, 1856, MARY LAWRENCE SAILED FROM NEW BEDFORD WITH CAPTAIN SAMUEL LAWRENCE AND THEIR SMALL DAUGHTER ON A THREE AND ONE HALF YEAR WHALING VOYAGE. NOW, MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER, THE JOURNAL SHE KEPT THROUGHOUT THE VOYAGE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN ITS ENTIRETY. FEW SURVIVING WHALING JOURNALS ARE AS DISTINCT, ARTICULATE, PERCEPTIVE, AND ENGAGING AS MARY LAWRENCE'S , FOR SHE WAS AND EDUCATED, NATURALLLY GIFTED WRITER.".
